Sammy Thompson

The Anniversary of the Tragic Squat Fire – – My Story Is Published in The Boston Review

Danelle | December 28, 2011

A year ago eight young vagabonds perished in a squat fire in New Orleans’ 9th Ward. Who were they? How did they end up in that place on that night? What forces drew them onto the rails, and what did they leave behind? My story, published in The Boston Review today, is an attempt to answer those questions.

Danelle | December 27, 2011

10/6/85 – 12/28/10 Although Sammy Thompson had lived the longest in New Orleans, he was the last one to be claimed at the coroner’s office after the fire. In many ways, Sammy had broken free of his family years earlier and replaced them with a family of the heart he found in the rutted streets … Sammy Thompson